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He was at 94-95 mph in the 8th and 9th inning.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 10, 2014 -> 06:08 PM) When I've seen him, the secondary offerings were great. Fastball has good sinking movement as most sidearmers fastballs do. He's another guy who can fly through someone's system. Definitely one of my favorite prospects this year. If the Sox go under slot at #3, he'd be at the top of my list. Obviously, reminds a lot of people of Mike Leake. If this was 8 years ago, he would have been the dream pitcher of the Sox scouting department. He's put up the type of dominating numbers that people hoped Beede and Hoffman would.

Another cheap homer

Time to pull Rienzo. Good effort, gave the Sox a chance to win.

Biggest batter of the game here

This is awesome!

ALEXEI! Great strategy there

ADA is a sliding machine!

ADA and Beckham account for a run!

McCarthy making it look easy thru 3.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 10, 2014 -> 12:40 AM) Sierra has a great arm but is terrible at taking routes to flyballs You can't keep playing him, as his offense isn't nearly good enough to make up for his awful defense.

Rienzo continues to struggle to get the 3rd out. The team looks incredibly flat tonight.

Saving PK for the 10th

QUOTE (flavum @ May 9, 2014 -> 05:12 AM) Hopefully the d-backs really enjoyed their day off in Chicago. And are still enjoying it. McCarthy enjoying Chicago? What would Ozzie say.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 9, 2014 -> 04:03 AM) Agreed, but your post was right after Olt's homer against a bum. He is still not a MLB player. Neither of the two are. All I said was that it was a nice 20 or so minutes for those three guys

The velocity story with Johnson seems to be becoming a big issue

I thought Fuller was way better than Haha last year in college. I'm a fan of Fuller.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 9, 2014 -> 03:59 AM) So one Grand slam against the cross town rival makes a good trade? No, getting a top 40 pitching prospect alone would have been a good trade for Garza. Heck, the Rangers GM has already admitted he made a bad trade.

No way do you let Abreu bat here

QUOTE (flavum @ May 9, 2014 -> 03:56 AM) Beckham is getting drilled. Might as well have Leury pinch hit. Hawk will charge the mound

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 9, 2014 -> 04:54 AM) Yep. Awesome...sticking up for Abreu it would seem. That slide was so dirty last night.

I had flipped the channel, but was the Castro HBP on a fastball?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 9, 2014 -> 04:50 AM) What impressed you more? The .626 OPS before tonight or that straight as an arrow fastball from an A A A pitcher he crushed? The 5 straight strikeouts and a grand slam are pretty nice returns, considering the best player in the package isn't one of the 3 involved (as I'm sure you know). I don't think Olt or Grimm are anything special though, but Ramirez has a great arm and can be a late inning reliever.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 9, 2014 -> 04:49 AM) Wait....wait....wait.... Did we just throw the game in order to protect our bullpen.... Only to use our best reliever in mop up duty? What As I just mentioned, with Rienzo starting tomorrow, it's ridiculous to probably make Petricka unavailable for tomorrow. The last two innings are very hard to explain from Ventura's point of view, it seems.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 9, 2014 -> 04:49 AM) I know it sucks, but really what other choice do they have? Lindstrom maybe? Definitely not the guy who went 2 innings last night and is the best long reliever on the team (with Rienzo starting tomorrow).